**Product Marketing Specialist - Molecular Biology and Instrumentation **

When joining Takara Bio, you will be part of a global biotech company that focuses on developing innovative solutions and services for life scientists around the world. Year on year, our expert R&D teams continue to develop game-changing technologies that significantly impact the field of biology, based upon input collected and analysed by our marketing departments. With worldwide revenues of over $500 million last year, your work will have a direct and significant impact on the scientific community and help drive progress in research and medicine.

What impact will you make? As the Molecular Biology and Instrumentation Product Specialist for Takara Bio Europe, the successful candidate will work within the marketing team to help develop a thorough understanding of market segments and technologies associated with molecular biology and instrumentation in numerous scientific fields. Then, this role offers the opportunity to actively craft and influence our product development for the NGS, cloning and instrumentation portfolios, driving towards increased market share.

What will you do?

• Manage NGS, cloning and instrumentation product lines: coordinate product developments, launch processes, product lifecycle management, promotions, product line reviews, competitive landscape.

• Contribute to coordinating information flows to all affiliates, support sales by providing material, trainings, and attending customer discussions.

• Help develop tactical marketing plans and contributes to the strategic plans in collaboration with the Market Strategy Management team.

• Travel approximately 10-15% of the time, for customer visits and for European conferences/tradeshows.

• Broad theoretical and practical knowledge of molecular biology at a Ph.D. level, with direct experience in NGS and cloning.
• Experience working in the fields of oncology, infectious disease or reproductive health with a thorough understanding of at least one of these markets.
• Good understanding of the latest methods in molecular biology and instrumentation, and what is coming next.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English is a must. A good level of French is an advantage.
• Highly organised, customer and business oriented.